The native microbiome of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: Gateway to a new host-microbiome model

BMC Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Dirksen, Philipp ^a   Marsh, Sarah Arnaud ^b,c   Braker, Ines ^a   Heitland, Nele ^a   Wagner, Sophia ^a   Nakad, Rania ^a,d   Mader, Sebastian ^a   Petersen, Carola ^a   Kowallik, Vienna ^a,e   Rosenstiel, Philip ^a   Félix, Marie Anne ^b   Schulenburg, Hinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antifungal defense; Caenorhabditis elegans; Holobiont; Metaorganism; Microbiome; Ochrobactrum; Pseudomonas; Sphingomonas; Stenotrophomonas

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHENOTYPE; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICROBIOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84971268130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-016-0258-1     Document Type: Article

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